Sources, vertical fluxes, and accumulation of aliphatic hydrocarbons in coastal sediments of the Río de la Plata Estuary, Argentina

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8227-8234

  Colombo, J C ^a,b   Cappelletti, N ^a,b   Lasci, J ^a   Migoya, M C ^a,c   Speranza, E ^a,b   Skorupka, C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c Consejo National de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CARBON; COMPOSITION; ESTUARIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; REFRACTORY COMPONENTS; RESIDUE TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT HYDROCARBON;

HYDROCARBONS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCARBON; ISOPRENOID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; TERPENE DERIVATIVE;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; COASTAL SEDIMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ARGENTINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 27644588085     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051205g     Document Type: Article

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